Display-rack.



W. G. PEUGH.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.16, mu.

1 ,020, 1 14, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

I I 61mm;

Wiimzooeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. PEUGH, OF ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI.

DISPLAY-RACK.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Gr. PEUGI-I, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Monroe and State of Mississippi,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for displaying curtains, rugs, draperiesand the like, consisting of overhead tracks having trolleys mountedthereon to support the articles to be displayed, and has for its objectthe provision of improved means for supporting the articles on thetrolleys by which one article may be instantaneously removed from therack and another replaced thereon, and that is so constructed that thenecessity of draping the articles on the rack is dispensed with, thedraping being done away from the rack and the article placed in a drapedcondition on the rack.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated onthe accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved display rack, Fig. 2, a detail View of one of the hangers andsupporting devlces, and Fig. 3, a view of a hanger detached from itssupports.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts in the several views.

A indicates a grid of tracks that may be supported in any manner butpreferably from the ceiling of the salesroom by means of brackets B, anydesired structure of tracks and brackets being adapted to be used, asthis part of the rack is not a part of my invention. Mounted on tracks Aare supporting members 1 comprising frames 2 having trolleys 3 journaledtherein and that run on tracks A.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 666,107.

4 indicates circular plates secured in the lower ends of frames 2 bymeans of bolts or rivets 5. The hanging members consist of rods 6 havingtheir ends formed with hooks 7, that engage the plates when in position.

8 indicates a hand pull secured to one of the supporting members 1 oneach track to enable the salesman to move the article to be displayed,said hand pull formed of any suitable material such as a rope or chainor a metal or wooden rod, and secured in any suitable manner to thesupporting member.

By the use of my improvements it will be apparent that the article to bedisplayed may be secured upon a rod 6 while detached from the supportingmembers and then quickly placed in position on the rack, and if it is toreplace another article already in position on the rack the substitutioncan be effected practically instantaneously, and the delay required todrape the article on the rack, as at present constructed, entirelydispensed with.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is- A display rackcomprising a grid of tracks, supporting members mounted on each track,each supporting member consisting of a frame having a trolley ournaledtherein and mounted on the track, a circular plate secured in the lowerend of said frame, and a rod adapted to support an article for displayhaving its ends formed with hooks removably engaging the plates in theframes of two supporting members mounted on a single track.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM G. PEUGI-I.

Witnesses:

G120. J. LEFTWICI-I, O. L. TUBB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

